On the Road - REALLY RVing NOW!!

We had the last day of work, and we've hit the road.

Yesterday when we left Hart Ranch it was 35 degrees and drizzle. Really miserable.  Luckily we had hooked the car up the night before (and it was illegally parked on the grass so that we could still hook up water....don't tell Security!).

We made it to North Platte, and met the Wilkinsons and Ralstons for supper. It was good to see them one more time.   Karen Sue and Floyd couldn't make it because they had gone to Lincoln for the dentist.  I really hated to miss them, but God willing, we'll see them at Hart Ranch next summer.

We'll be in Branson, MO on Friday for 4 nights - using our new RPI membership!!

The waitress took this one

The "selfie"

We got to Branson, and this RV park is awesome!   It sits high on a ridge, overlooking Branson (ergo "Branson View Campground"!).

View from our patio

This is the campsite

View out the front window

On Saturday we drove downtown to main street.  We checked out Dick's 5 and dime (a lot of junk and way too crowded), and found the train station.  We're going to take the Branson railway on Monday.

Then we headed to the King's Castle Theater to see the Irish Tenors and Celtic Ladies.   I suspect that none of them are really from Ireland or Celtic, but it was a great show.   Lots of Irish ballads, rock and roll, and some opera.   One woman did an aria from La Traviata - which was Dad's favorite opera (and the one he took us to see at the SF Opera house when I was 12 or so).   It was a really nice afternoon.   It was also a beautiful day - mid 80's.

We also checked out the RPI Preferred park here, Treasure Lake Resort.  It was hugh - 488 sites and 70+ cabins.   The sites were very close together compared to Hart Ranch - and butt up back to back so that you could touch your neighbor's rear end.   I didn't like that.  They also have a huge storage area, and we even saw some sleepers so they must have a toter too!

Today is pretty crappy. It started raining about 11:00 last night and has been pouring ever since!  And it's so foggy on this ridge we can't see a thing.   We took a drive to scope out a route that doesn't have so many hills when we leave for Poplar Bluff on Tuesday.   It'll be a slow, windy, trip on US 160, but should be a pretty drive. 

This afternoon we're going to see the Acrobats of Shanghai at the Mickey Gilley Theater.  We're looking forward to that.

On Monday we rode the Branson Scenic Railway.  It was a fun trip, lots of pretty fall colors.   The car we sat in was decorated for the Polar Express which starts in November.

View from the trestle when we turned around to go back to Branson. 

Wine on the deck with a great view of Branson